Side guide for printing-presses.



PATENTBD FEB.'1 1, 190s.

w. s. HUSON. SIDE GUIDE FOR PRINTING PRESSES. KPPLIUATION TILED APR. 28,1892. RENEWED JULY 6, 1907.-

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WITNEEEES.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD SLHUSON, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR. TO THE CAMPBELLPRINT INe PRESS & MFG 00., OF NEW YORK, N Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

l atented Feb. 11,1908

Application filed April 28- 1892- Serial No. 431.023 Renewed July5.19071 Serial No. 382.349-

citizen of the United States, residin at Taunton, in' the county ofBristol and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Side Guides for Printing- Presses, of which the followingis a specification.

The aim-of this invention is. to provide a new and improved side-guidefor the feedboards of rinting presses, folding machines or other ddvices, which shall be capable of I easy and accurate adjustment, whichshall be so arran ed that the edges of the sheets will not catc and sothat the guide will'not mar the surface of the feed-board.

To these ends, the invention consists of the devices described andclaimed in this specification, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which, Figure-1 is an end view of my improved guide Fi 2 isa side view, Fig. 3 is a vertical is a section of one of the stops,showin the .section, ig. 4 is a lan view of a feed-board with my guideapp led thereto, and also with stops for my device arranged thereon,Fig. 5

manner in whichit is secured to the eedboard, and Fig. 6 is'a viewshowing my guide arra ed with a double gage.

Re erring to the drawing and in detail, 1 represents a feed-board. Thisfeed-board has a transverse slot '2 cut in the face of the}, same, theforward or lower edge of which is beveled outwardly, as shown. Fastenedto the board by screws 4 is a metal strip 3, which extends partiallyover the slot 2, and the top of the strip is arranged flush with thesurface of the board. A block 5 has a tongue -90 adapted to fit into theslot 2, as shown n Fig. 3, and also a groove into which thestr 3 mayenter so that the block 5 may be sh on to the feed-board transversely. Ascrew 60 having a head 6 .is tapped into the block- 5, so. that the endof the screw bears on the block. If desired, a washer 29 may be arrangedbetween the nut 7 and the block 5. A lug is formed on the block 5, andtapped into this lug is a screw 80 which has a head 8, which head 8 fitsinto a notch cut in the gage 9, as shown in Fig. 4. By means of thisscrew, the gage '9 may be nicely adjustedeo transversely after the block5 has ,been secured in position, and when the gage 9 has been brought tothe proper positlon, the same may be secured by screwing the nut 7 downon the same.

Suitable stops as 11 may be fitted on to the strip 3, as shown in Fig.#5, and each stop is provided with a clamping. screw 12, by which thesame may be held 1n position.

The way my device is used is as fOllOWSI-- If it is desired merely'to'use my device as a side guide for sheets, the block 5 is secured inposition, and the gage 9 is adjusted so that the sheets will beaccurately uided into the machine. The ga e 9 has bot ends extendingdown into the slot 2, as shown in 1', so that the same may be used ateither si e of the board, as desired. As the lower edge of the recess 2is inclined outwardly, as'

shown, the sheets will pass over the same without catching, and as theends of the gage fit into the slot 2 the edges of the sheets cannot getunder the same. The projections 10 also prevent sheets from catchinunder the gage, in case the corners of the s set should strike againstmy device.

My device may be also used when it is desired to perfect sheets. Whenthis is desired, the guide is set, as before described, and one of thestops 11 is brought up against the gage after the same has beenadjusted, and the sto is secured in position, as shown in full lines inF igt 4. Now it is generally desired to perfect some ofthe sheets beforethe whole lot is finished so as to see exactly how the printing iscoming out. When this is desired, the screw is released, and the devicemoved to the opposite side of the board, the sheets ibeing turned aroundso that the same edge of the same will come against the gage 9, and bymeans of a second stop 11, the proper position of the gage can be easilydrtermined, and kept by securing this stop 11 in position against theadjusted position of the gage 9. After the two stops 45 a metallic stripsecuredv to said board, and

can be shifted from one side of the board to .the other as often asdesired, as the stops 11 being secured to the. plate 3, determine theexact position of the gage without further adjustment.

With former arrangements, if the feed board should warp, sheets will bevery apt strip, and .means whereb to get under the side guide, but withmy improved device, the guide is always in working condition, for evenifthe board does warp, the strip 3 will conform thereto, and sheets cannever get under the guide.

Sometimes two sheets are fed to the ress to a center gage from oppositesides 0 the feed-board. In this case, it is desirable to have the gagesadjustable independently on. each side, and Fig. 6 shows a device whichis used to accomplish this result. In this case, the block 5 is rovidedwith two gages 9, each of which iias only one downward extension, andeach gage may be independently adjusted by a screw 18 similar to thescrew 80 of the previous device,'and both gages maybe secured in placeby the nut 7. As these gages are independently adjustable,

they may be set so as to properly guide both sheets. I

The details and arrangements herein shown and described may be greatlyvaried by a skilled mechanic without departing from the scope of myinvention, as expressed in the claims. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters- .Patent is .said slot being beveled or cut awayoutwardly to allow the free passage of sheets, and an adjustableside-guide fitting within and guided by said slot. I

2. The combination of a feed-board, a transverse slot cut therein, thelower edge of said slot being beveled or cut away outwardly to allow forthe free passage of sheets,

extending partially over said slot, a sideguide mounted to slide on theprojecting part of said strip, and means whereby said sideguide can beclamped on to said strip in any adjusted position.

v3. The combination of a feed-board having a transverse slot extendingacross the same, the lower edge of said slot being beveled or inclinedoutwardly,a metallic strip extending over the upper edge of the slot, anadjustable side-guide fitted onsaid metallic said side-guide can beclamped transverse y at any point on the feed-board.

4. The combination of a feed-board hav- Q a transverse slot, the loweredge of which is inclined outwardly, a metallic strip fitting ried bysaid block, and means for adjusting said gage on said block.

5. The combination of a slotted feedboard, a metallic strip projectingover the slot, an adjustable bloc mounted on said strip, aclamping-screw for securing the justing screw controlling the positionof said gage, and a clamping nut mounted on the clamping,screw adaptedto secure the gage in its adjusted position.

g 7. The combmation of a feed-board having a transverse slot, the loweredge of the slot being cut away or beveled, a securing stri extendingover said slot, an adjustable bloc mounted on said strip, a clampingscrew for securing the block in its adjusted position, an independentlyarranged slotted gage fitted to said lock, means for adjusting the gage,

and means for clamping it in its adjusted position, a

8. The combination of a feed-board, a transverse slot cut therein, ametallicl strip secured to said feed-board and extending over said slot,a block having a tongue enter; ing' said slot, and a groove into whichthe strip ma fit, a'clamping screw tapped into said bloc and arranged tobear on said strip, and a side gagecarried by said block.

9. The combination of -a feed-board, a

transverse slot extending across the same, the lower edge of said slotbeingbeveled outwardly, ablock fitted to slide in said groove, means forclamping said block inany adjusted transverse position, and a two-armedgage secured to said block whereby the device may-be used as a feed gageat either side of the board.

10. The combination of a feed-board, a

transverse slot cut across the, same, the

lower edge of said slot being beveled outwardly, a block fitted to slidein said slot,

means for clamping said block in any adjusted transverse osition, atwo-armed gage fitted to said blodlg and a plurality of stops wherebythe device may be shifted and quickly set to act as a feed gage ateither side of the board. I

11'. The combination of a feed-board having a tran'sverse'slot, thelower edge of which is beveled or cut away, .a securing strip extendingover the edge of said slot, an adjustable block mounted on said strip, atwoarmed gage fitted to said block, a stop fitted on said strip, andmeans whereby can be adjustably secured thereon.

12. The combination of a feed-board hav-' said stop J avagoav u a u inga." transverse slot thereiinthe lower edge cla m ing screw adapted tosecure the gage in 10 I 1 of 'said .slot 'being beveled or 'cut' away toits a. justed position; 7 v -all'ow' thefree passage of'sheets, anadjust- In testimon whereof I have hereunto set able b ck mounted insaid slot; a, clamping my hand, in t e presence of two subscribing 1 5screw or securingthe block in itsedjusted wltnesses. r e

position; inde endently" adjustable gage WINFIELD S. HUSON.

' mounted on said 'bloek a transverse adjust- 4 Witnesses: I v

screw controlling. the position of said LOUIS W. SOUTHGATE,

" gage, and a. clamping nut mounted on the H. A. WISE WOOD.

